.. when you want to organize a meeting , you want to make sure that the people you want to attend are going to attend . In this case , that certainly is not the case …

.. POTUS wanted to have a crème-de-la-crème summit at Camp David with the Gulf Nations . Most of All , he wanted the new Saudi King , Salman , to be there . Unfortunately , most of the folks that he wanted to attend will not be there …

.. [-] Carter was a bubblehead , and a nuclear officer at that — Jimmy Carter was one of the early nuclear officers in the U.S. Navy , in the 1950s . He was also a submariner , having served on several commands …

.. [-] Carter was a businessman — Carter was a peanut farmer . Even with the peanut price support program , he still had to run and operate a family business , his farm . Growing peanuts was no piece of cake , to say the least …

.. [-] Carter was a Graduate of ” Canoe U ” [the U.S. Naval Academy] — I will take that over Harvard , Columbia , or any of the Ivies …

.. [-] Carter was a Governor — that gives you executive experience . Clinton was Governor of Arkansas for 10 years , from 1978 – 1980 , and 1982 – 1992 . He and Carter both had to deal with bureaucrats , budgets , taxes , crises , etc … . Being a governor does that . Obama never was an executive of anything worth a damn . Guess why His Lordship is such a colossal screw – up ?? …

.. I personally would not want either one , again . But if I had to choose , I would choose Carter , in a heartbeat . By the by , the Jimmy Carter that was President , not the idiot that he has become now …

.. the X-Mas season is going to make for some interesting reading , in terms of IRSgate . Once these hush puppies are fully put out , you might be surprised at what is found in them ..

.. Oh , also … it is said that there will be no ” red meat ” vis-à-vis the ObamaCrap White House . Do Not Be so sure about that ..

.. these people have been that arrogant and that incredibly stupid about things , they have been leaving a paper trail about their screw – ups all over the place . Just look at GruberGate , for God ‘ s Sake . Professor Gruber ‘ s videos were just sitting out there on YouTube . It took an intrepid individual investment adviser from suburban Philly who got really , really pissed at the O.C. …

.. so what did he do ? He started digging and researching . It took quite a lot of it , though , but Wow ! He hit the Comstock Lode of political gigagaffes . Now , it has done grave damage to Jonathan Gruber ‘ s reputation , and also to that of the ObamaCraps ‘ political reputation . Journalists of all stripes are

.. one national leader usually sends a message to another national leader by various actions . Those actions can be social , diplomatic , financial , or even military . In Vladimir Putin ‘ s case , this one was military . And how ..

.. recently Putin has been testing various Western nations with various moves . In essence , he is playing diplomatic chess with the West . Right now , they know that they have an extraordinarily weak King , and he can get away with just about anything ..

.. there is an extraordinarily dangerous problem with this : miscalculation . Putin may keep making moves , thinking that he can do whatever he wants , whenever he wants . Eventually , POTUS just might end up hitting a breaking point ,politically . If he does …

.. the way he conducts foreign policy , it makes the way he conducts domestic affairs look tame by comparison …

.. he talks and acts as if things are the way that he wants them to be , or the way he sees them . However , Reality has intervened , and that reality is far and away from that . Reality is that US National Security has never been in greater danger in decades than under the stewardship of this incompetent moron …

.. while on Fox News Sunday the other week , Chris Wallace asked Bob Woodward about what he thought about the current situation in Iraq . Well , Woody was not charitable , not in the least . He was very critical ..

.. what most folks do not remember is that Bob Woodward is a U.S. Navy veteran , as well as a Vietnam – era veteran . He served as an officer in U.S. Navy intelligence in the late 1950s and the early 1960s . It was from there that he eventually got his reputation , and then went to the ComPost …

.. he relates to his experience in the military service by telling Wallace that we as a nation have left stabilizing forces in nations from after World War II and Korea . Why did we not in Iraq ? It was a political decision , and it was one made by Obama . It was his call , and his responsibility …

.. you are a real fuckup of a President . You are responsible for the murders and enslavement of millions . Worse , you could not give a damn about them .

.. the fall of Ramadi leaves Iraq extremely vulnerable to being seized by I.S.I.L. . Given the conduct and the lack of professionalism of the Iraqi Army , Baghdad is now in danger of falling to those goons . The rest of Iraq would fall in piece ..

.. POTUS , it is your responsibility . Yours , and no one else ‘ s . Many people are dead and dying , others are being violated , and even more are being enslaved by I.S.I.L. due to the malfeasance and incompetence of the ObamaCraps . Most of all , the command responsibility is Barack Obama ‘ s , and his alone …

.. first , Al Sharpton is no ” Reverend . ” He is a mail – order ” reverend , ” if that . At least with the Reverend Jesse Jackson [Sr] , he went to divinity school and earned his degree . Jackson is no choirboy , and many of his tactics are loathsome and disgusting . But he is a choirboy , in comparison to Sharpton …

“There’s a trust factor with The Rev from the Oval Office on down,” a White House official familiar with their dealings told reporter Glenn Thrush. “He gets it, and he’s got credibility in the community that nobody else has got. There’s really no one else out there who does what he does.”

That last statement is true; there isn’t anyone out there who does what Sharpton does quite the way he does it.

Al Sharpton is a person who lives for the purpose of stoking racial hatreds. He was convicted of defaming a New York prosecutor, Steven A. Pagones, in the notorious Tawana Brawley affair, in which Brawley falsely accused Pagones of raping her. During the 1991 Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, Sharpton fueled black rage after a Hasidic Jewish driver accidentally killed a seven-year-old black child with his car. (A young talmudic scholar, Yankel Rosenbaum, was stabbed to death by a mob shouting “Kill the Jew.”) Sharpton has made numerous anti-Semitic comments. He’s characterized black people who disagreed with him as “yellow niggers” and called white people “crackers.” He constantly casts the police as racists when there’s no evidence to support the charge. And on top of that he’s a tax cheat, having been convicted of tax evasion and, according to the New York Times, with more than $4.5 million in current state and federal tax liens against him and his for-profit businesses.

Sharpton, then, is a notorious and demagogic figure. He’s anti-cop. He’s anti-Semitic. And he’s an enemy of racial reconciliation, having done incalculable damage to race relations in America. That such a loathsome individual would be allowed into the White House is itself stunning; and the fact that he’s Barack Obama’s “go-to man on race” is shameful and discrediting. These are the depths to which modern liberalism has descended.

.. according to pMNSBC ‘ s Richard Engel [probably from inside sources] , the late King Abdullah was (is) still a strong ally of America , of the United States . There was just one very big problem : His Lordship …

.. when I think of the term with Barack Obama , it fills me with dread and disgust ..

.. but , how I feel about it changes when it comes to George W. Bush . He still is an amazing man . He still continues on a life of public service , even though it has been 5 years since he left the White House and the presidency .

.. in this case , former President Bush was featured in a special segment on ABC ‘ s This Week with George Stephanopoulous . It was a special segment that was produced for the Memorial Day weekend …

.. he was featured in the ” Sunday Spotlight ” for his continued mission to help and contribute to our nation ‘ s veterans . Mr. Bush organizes several types of projects through his Presidential Center in order to help vets continue to adjust and retrain in their return to civilian life . It also helps those that have been wounded in the service of their country deal with the terms of their injuries , and to enable them to move on in life …

.. It is not that I was surprised . I am an idealist , at heart , and I did respect Barack Obama the man . But , to be honest , it is incredible and unbelievable how affected he is by his ancestry . Many of us are , but not to this extent . Most of all , we are not POTUS , but Obama is , and he has done enormous damage to this country and its reputation and its national security …

.. I disagree , to be honest . The ObamaCraps have been getting it off easy from the most part from the Press Corpse . The LameStream Press acts as if it acts like it were a corpse …. if they gave them the same kind of crap that they dished out to Bush and Fleishcer , Holder would have been long gone .

.. the pressure from the LameStreamers would have been withering . There would have been at least one or more independent counsels on the job investigating major ObamaCrap scandals that are crying out for investigation and for justice ….

.. once again , the ComPost ‘ s editorial board rips POTUS a brand new one . It seems that Obama cannot and will not play geopolitical chess , at least on a competitive level . He had better if he has a prayer of keeping up with Putin , who doees not have the strongest of hands …

.. Russia is not the Soviet Union . Its population , especially for such a vast nation , leave it vulnerable to others [read : China] . Remember Tom Clancy ‘ s ” The Bear and the Dragon ? ” The ” Northern Resource Area ” referred to in the book is Siberia , especially eastern Siberia . It is the last treasure house on the planet . The cost of opening it up would be enormous . However , the reqwards are even more immense …

.. Russia ‘ s military is sorely in need of reform . Its navy is modernizing , but needs years of investment in its surface fleet and its training regime . The Russian Air Force is easily the most modern . It has a great deal of territory to cover , but does so with a small fleet of aircraft and aircrews . It could be larger , if Russia could afford it .

.. The Russian army is still sorely in need of a major overhaul . Russia ‘ s enlisted forces are largely a conscript force . The average Russian has to serve a 2 year hitch , and draft evasion is rampant . It would serve Russia well to convert to an all – volunteer force . At least then they would know that the people there are there willingly , and will serve their tours of duty .

.. Putin does not have as strong a force as he thinks that he might have . However , he is facing off against a very , very , very weak customer in Barack Obama . Obama is a wuss , and has no idea of strategic concepts , strategic planning , or leadership . Putin does , and is doing so to his best . If Putin were facing off against someone stronger , well then … . Well , he is not , and is taking maximum advantage …

.. well , at least in the Presidency of George W. Bush , we were respected , if not feared . September 11th , 2001 awakened the sleeping giant …

.. that is something that many nations are spooked by . A benign giant (the United States) is something that they prefer to deal with . A sleeping giant would be even better . An angry and awakened giant ? Look out …

.. however , they definitely do not want weakness in American . Indecision , Indecisivieness , and immaturity are dangerous for everyone . That is what we have right now in Barack Obama in the White House . The Euros may not want an angry giant , but they definitely do not want a weak – at – the – knees one . Which is exactly the way we are behaving right now …

.. [h/t — RealClearPolitics]..
.. [link] to Dr. Krauthammer ‘ s comments . Take a look at them , and tell me what you think …

.. McCain was speaking to the American – Israel Public Affairs Committee . It will be fun to see if POTUS does (he almost always does) . PM Netanyahu will , but I wonder who will speak first …

.. this is in relation to the current events in central Europe and eastern Europe [Ukraine] . Boy , oh boy , is he pissed . He does not get that way very often , I guarantee you . 5 and 1/2 years in the Hanoi Hilton will do that to you …

.. Don Lemon is a young anchor at C.N.N. . Unlike most of the sturm und dreke at that network , Lemon has real possibilities . He is fairly liberal , though , but that does not bother me all that much . The guy has guts ….

.. in this instance , though , I believe that he has made a very serious mistake . This comes from where he was considering , as a professional , how much to criticize POTUS . The big problem with Lemon in this case is that he is taking race into account …

.. Yes , race . If he wants to be taken seriously as a professional , he should expect and deal with criticism as a professional , not a black professional . Ideally , it should be coming at him as someone who is a professional who happens to be black . The same applies to his ability to criticise POTUS …

.. He should criticize him as a President , not as our country ‘ s first black President (which Barack Obama certainly is) . The way in which it should happen is that he is POTUS , who happens to be black , and , to be honest , not so god damned thin – skinned ….

.. what happened to the fry cook , Darnell Summers , is no laughing matter .

.. the costs of ObamaCrapCare are going waaay up . The stupidity of the Essential Benefits package and the rigidity and bureaucracy of the system that has been created is a big part of the reason why . Also , the rules adopted by H.H.S. as regards to ” full time ” employees are giving employers a very good excuse to cut both employment numbers and employment hours fairly rigorously . They would be stupid to do otherwise …

.. The full time equivalent numbers give businesses an excellent reason to cut back to only what they need . If they can get below the ObamaCrapCare minimums , they will try . When and where possible , they will try to reduce hours per week per employee to reduce on benefit and health insurance costs , however possible ..

.. if you want to watch the confrontation , watch [here] .. Summers puts you-know-who on the spot , but good …

.. Iran is stating that it is developing a new generation of centrifuges . Just Dandy ?!

.. the current group is bad enough . now there will be more . Does anyone beilieve that Iran ‘ s nuclear program is for peaceful purposes ? POTUS does . What an idiot …

.. israel can only wait for so long . As big a mess as Turkey is in , they will realize that their lot belongs with their old ally [Israel] — and not their putative new one [Iran] . The Iranians cannot be trusted . Israel ‘ s word is as good as it gets .

.. Iran is vulnerable . So is Israel . and many nations that are supposed to be allies of ours are feeling betrayed by POTUS , aka the First Wus ! . They know that their lot is still with the United States , but they are wondering if they can survive the Obama years . Some of them wonder …

.. Israel can , though , take care of itself . She will only wait for so long . Do Not be surprised if PM Netanyahu gives the ” go ” order and it pulls us [yes , the United States] into a war in the Middle East . Iran will retaliate , and hit our allies , even our bases and command centers . Do not forget that our CentCom forward base is in Qutar , among other facilities . Ditto other facilities in Kuwait .

.. if they are going to get hit , the mullahs are going to want to take others with them , whether they like it or not . Ditto Hezbollah . They would also love to screw with the world ‘ s oil markets . A Middle East war , including the U.S. , would send oil prices soaring well over $150 a barrel , maybe even $200 a barrel . It would throw the U.S. and the West , at least for a while , into a sharp recession . Yikes …

[-] a truly bipartisan bill will attract much more support from the senior levels of both parties , ..
[-] a bill with that much support will make it as an amendment onto any relevant bill , ..
[-] that support will put Dingy Harry Reid in a spot ; he will have to let the bill come to the floor , ..
[-] it will put POTUS in an impossible situation ; he will want to veto the bill , but the votes will be there to override , and by plenty , ..
[-] such a bill will piss off Iran , and give it the excuse it needs to walk away from the so – called nuclear talks in Geneva , Switzerland .

.. I support the bill . The Iran nuclear deal is an obscene joke ; It does not slow down Iran ‘ s nuclear program one bit . The ObamaCraps have issued a veto threat , but , I hope , someone in there is telling His Lordship that the votes are there , or will be there by plenty to pass the bill in both Houses of Congress by veto – proof margins .

.. the one making so – called ” hardship exceptions ” to many people , is going to cause hell in the organization and finances of the exchanges ..

.. Worse yet , many of those exchanges (the ones that the states set up) are in blue states . So , these dummies have to pony up for the expansion of Medicaid AND the financial problems of the state exchanges , many or most of which are non – profits , with state charters …

.. These exchanges are going to go back to their respective states for more money , and there is going to be sticker shock on the amount . Doubly so with the Medicaid Bill . Expanding Medicaid as much as the ObamaCraps did is going to stick these states with one honey of a budgetary stomachache for the bill … the larger ones may survive , but the smaller ones will come hat in hand back to D.C. for help … and H.H.S. will have no legal authority to give them any $$ …